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Intoxication Culture: A Straight Edge Anarchist Critique

Posted on 2026/06/20 by Warzone Distro

From back cover: As much as I value destruction toward the creation of joyful rebellion, I refuse the self-destruction created by intoxication culture – a form of self-destruction driven by the inherent power imbalance between an individual and the (mental … Continue reading →

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Stories of Total Liberation Volume 2

Posted on 2026/05/01 by Warzone Distro

From back cover: When we speak of Total Liberation, we are very upfront and honest about what we mean: We encourage all anarchists – the individuals who question authority and go to war with cops and fascists in the streets, … Continue reading →

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Why Settle For Less? A Short Introduction to Anarchy & Total Liberation (half-sheet flyer)

Posted on 2026/01/30 by Warzone Distro

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Cut The Shit: For Vegans, Anarchists and Other Radical Folk Who Smoke

Posted on 2026/01/17 by Warzone Distro

Did you know that American Spirits cigarettes are tested on animals? Did you know that some of the people picking your tobacco are children? Did you know that it takes one tree to wrap 300 cigarettes with paper? The zine … Continue reading →

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Is Straight Edge Political? A Fanzine on the Political Potential of Straight Edge

Posted on 2025/10/30 by Warzone Distro

A few words before you start reading this fanzine here. First, let me briefly explain how I came up with the idea to address the question: Is Straight Edge political? I myself have been living drug-free for several years and … Continue reading →

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Stories of Total Liberation (A collection of personal stories written by vegan, straight edge anarchists)

Posted on 2025/08/08 by Warzone Distro

From back cover: What is a political label or identity if not just another number within a sea of political categories? In moving from politics to anarchy, one actualizes revolt beyond the realm of theory. Language itself often fails to … Continue reading →

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Out of Step With the World: Exploring Straight Edge as Anarchist Praxis (English & Spanish versions)

Posted on 2025/07/09 by Warzone Distro

A zine that explores an anti-authoritarian overlap between straight edge and anarchism by exploring both the origins of the straight edge movement and the history of intoxication culture. Out of Step With the World_Exploring Straight Edge as Anarchist Praxis pdf … Continue reading →

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The Anarcho-Primitivist case for Straight Edge: Against His-Story, Against Alcoholocaust!

Posted on 2024/07/05 by Warzone Distro

From back cover: “The foundations of colonial genocide bear the stench of a long and protracted alcohol induced nightmare — nearly every indigenous culture the Europeans encountered was destroyed by European alcohol and disease. The spreading of firewater among indigenous … Continue reading →

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More Than Just a Diet: A Conversation Between Warzone Distro & the Susaron 4

Posted on 2024/07/04 by Warzone Distro

From back Cover: “…precisely what strongly motivated our actions as a group, was the dissemination of that message, somewhat diluted by time: The war against existence from an anarcho-nihilist perspective, fervently anti-speciesist and straight edge. Which to our taste fulfilled … Continue reading →

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Burn Down The Animal Pharm By Lint Lobotomy

Posted on 2024/07/04 by Warzone Distro

Various writings by Lint Lobotomy covering a wide range of topics from veganism, straight edge and anti-civilization! Burn Down the Animal Pharm pdf

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Burning the Borders: Total Liberation & Individualist, Nihilist Perspectives Within the Colonized Territory Known as Mexico

Posted on 2024/04/03 by Warzone Distro

This interview between Warzone Distro & Guta – one of the  organizers of EININPAACF or Encuentro Internacional de Practicas Anarquicas y Antiauthoritarias Contra las Fronteras, which in english translates to annual international gathering of anarchist and anti-authoritarian practices against borders … Continue reading →

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Anarquía y Alcohol: Realmente desperdiciadx Cómo lo demoníaco llegó a ser civilizado

Posted on 2017/09/12 by Warzone Distro

“Anarquía y Alcohol logra hablarnos de la problemática del alcohol en el ámbito político sin caer en tópicos ni en el dogmatismo que caracteriza a este debate; nos guía en un viaje por la historia de la civilización ­según defiende­ … Continue reading →

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Anarchy & Alcohol: Wasted Indeed & How The Fiends Came To Be Civilized

Posted on 2017/09/12 by Warzone Distro

Text from the zine: “The foundations of colonial genocide bear the stench of a long and protracted alcohol-induced nightmare – nearly every indigenous culture the Europeans encountered was destroyed by European alcohol and disease. Th e spreading of firewater among … Continue reading →

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Capitalism Plus Dope Equals Genocide

Posted on 2017/09/12 by Warzone Distro

Essay written by Black Panther Michael Tabor RIP. Text from the zine: “Drug addiction in the colonized ghettos of America has constituted a major problem for over 15 years. Its use is so widespread that it can -without fear of … Continue reading →

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Confronting a Silent Assassin: Intoxication Culture in Resistance Movements

Posted on 2017/09/12 by Warzone Distro

From back: “From an anarchist perspective, intoxication remains a source of contention. Many radical anti-capitalist anti-statists remain unaware of the ways intoxicants, stimulants, and depressants have been deployed by ruling classes throughout history as mechanisms for diminishing the self-defense capacities … Continue reading →

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Droga Es Racismo: Recopilacion de textos de personas no blancas contra las drogas

Posted on 2017/09/12 by Warzone Distro

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Dejar De Fumar: Una guía Do It Yourself (Hazlo Tú Misme) hecha por gente ex-fumadora

Posted on 2017/09/12 by Warzone Distro

¿Por qué un fanzine DIY para dejar de fumar? Este fanzine existe porque quería compartir lo que había aprendido de mis experiencias sobre dejar de fumar para ayudar a otras personas a dejarlo. He “dejado” de fumar siete veces, y … Continue reading →

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Hacia La Liberacion Total: Vegan Queer Edge Anarquista

Posted on 2017/09/12 by Warzone Distro

Un fanzine que recopila dos textos acerca de la relación entre la lucha anarquista, la liberación animal, la cultura Straight Edge y el rechazo al consumo de drogas, y la lucha de las personas de género variante y de les … Continue reading →

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One For The Resistance? Oppression, Anarchism & Alcohol

Posted on 2017/09/12 by Warzone Distro

Text from the zine: “Aside from my personal aversion to alcohol and the abuse thereof, I strongly feel that alcohol consumption – and production – is a highly political issue, which anarchists should not ignore. In this article I will … Continue reading →

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Quit Smoking: A DIY Guide by Ex-Smokers

Posted on 2017/09/12 by Warzone Distro

This zine discusses cigarettes and its patriarchal, colonial, capitalist origins as an industry and form of currency, all from the perspectives of anarchist ex-smokers. Quit Smoking_A DIY Guide by Ex-Smokers PDF

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Straight Edge Anarchy: The Danger of a Sober Insurrection

Posted on 2017/09/12 by Warzone Distro

Text from the zine: “Attacking intoxication culture means individual resistance and collective  support. Civilization is a prison of misery, coercion, and oppressive inequality. Institutionalized racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression create feelings of severe depression and isolation. Intoxication culture … Continue reading →

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Straight Edge Resistance

Posted on 2017/09/12 by Warzone Distro

This zine includes a large collection of essays and interviews related to anti-capitalist, anti-fascist, anti-colonial, vegan, queer, anti-civ straight edge ideas. Straight_Edge_Resistance pdf

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The Drug Epidemic: A New Form of Black Genocide?

Posted on 2017/09/12 by Warzone Distro

This zine is an excerpt from “Anarchism and the Black Revolution” by Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin focused on the problem of intoxication culture in the black community. Text from zine: “We are not advocating the summary murder of people, but we … Continue reading →

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Towards A Less Fucked Up World: Sobriety and Anarchist Struggle

Posted on 2017/09/11 by Warzone Distro

This edition of “Towards a Less Fucked Up World: Sobriety and Anarchist Struggle” by Nick Riotfag was reprinted in 2014 by Sprout Distro. This edition features the revised text along with an afterward that appeared in the book, Sober Living … Continue reading →

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My Edge is Anything but Straight: Towards A Radical Queer Critique of Intoxication Culture

Posted on 2017/09/11 by Warzone Distro

Text from the zine: “I’ve been intentionally sober ever since I first started going to punk shows when I was 14 or 15, and have always thought about my sobriety not just as a personal preference but as a social … Continue reading →

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Wasted Indeed: Anarchy & Alcohol (shortened version)

Posted on 2017/09/11 by Warzone Distro

Text from back cover: “It’s no exaggeration to say that alcohol has played a key role in the epidemic of fascism, racism, statism, imperialism, colonialism, sexism and patriarchy, class oppression, religious superstition, and all the other products of hierarchal authority … Continue reading →

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Es Nuestro Turno #1 fanzine del colectivo vegan straight edge de Almeria

Posted on 2017/09/11 by Warzone Distro

Un zine que discute el veganismo, la recta y el anarquismo creado por Almería vegan straight edge colectivo. Es Nuestro Turno 1 pdf

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Es Nuestro Turno #2 fanzine del colectivo vegan straight edge de Almeria

Posted on 2017/09/11 by Warzone Distro

Un zine que discute el veganismo, la recta y el anarquismo creado por Almería vegan recto colectivo. Es Nuestro Turno 2 pdf

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It’s Our Turn Issue #1 Almeria Vegan Straight Edge Fanzine

Posted on 2017/09/11 by Warzone Distro

A zine that discusses veganism, straight edge and anarchism created by Almeria vegan straight edge collective. It’s Our Turn Issue 1 pdf

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My Vegan Straight Edge is Anything but White: An Indigenous Anarchist Critique of Speciesism and Intoxication Culture

Posted on 2017/09/11 by Warzone Distro

Text from back cover: “Aight, so I hear this and see this shit a lot. That vegans are  inherently white, that veganism is about consumerism, and it also makes the (racist) assumption that ALL POC have the same, monolithic culture … Continue reading →

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Out From The Shadows: A Vegan Straight Edge Journal of Resistance

Posted on 2017/09/11 by Warzone Distro

This hard-to-find zine discusses and encourages increased visibility of radical vegan straight edge ideas within the anarchist struggle. Out From The Shadows pdf

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Open Minds June 2011 Summer Issue #1

Posted on 2017/09/11 by Warzone Distro

A vegan, straight edge anarchist zine filled with band interviews and essays. OPEN MINDS Vegan Straight Edge Anarchy Zine Issue 1 pdf

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Riotous Incognitx #1 A Queer, Insurrectionary Anarchist, Vegan Straight Edge Zin

Posted on 2017/09/09 by Warzone Distro

This is the first issue of a short series of queer, vegan straight edge, green anarchist insurrectionary zines. This issue includes an interview with Sprout Distro, xBalaclavax (xvx hip-hop from brazil), as well as essays on the indigenous struggle against … Continue reading →

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Weaponizing Sobriety: Feral Anarchy Against Intoxication Culture

Posted on 2017/09/09 by Warzone Distro

From back cover: “As an anarchist, I refuse to tranquilize the chaos of my jouissance with inebriation. I exalt life vehemently against the pacifying qualities of marijuana, the cancerous addiction of tobacco, and the “correctional” anesthesia of psychiatric medications. The … Continue reading →

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We Refuse To Be Invisible: Black and Brown Vegan Power

Posted on 2017/09/07 by Warzone Distro

Text from the zine: “The purpose of this pamphlet is to create a platform for black and brown radical vegans to illustrate their experiences which not only negate settler-colonial white supremacy, but also institutional and cultural speciesism. While this pamphlet … Continue reading →

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What is Green Anarchy?

Posted on 2017/09/07 by Warzone Distro

“The green anarchist perspective is diverse and open, yet it does contain some continuity and primary elements. It has been influenced by anarchists, primitivists, Luddites, insurrectionalists, Situationists, surrealists, queer and trans eco-defenders, nihilists, deep ecologists, bioregionalists, eco-feminists, various indigenous cultures, … Continue reading →

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